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Expressionism and Abstract Expressionism. Expressionism. Built on Post-Impressionism Similar directions in color usage Saw color and shape essential to communicate a deeper emotional reality Began in post war Europe. Franz Marc. Edward Munch. Emile Nolde. George Grosz. Ernst Kirchner.
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Expressionism • Built on Post-Impressionism • Similar directions in color usage • Saw color and shape essential to communicate a deeper emotional reality • Began in post war Europe
Abstract Expressionism • The first international art form from the United States • Produced by WWII veterans • Viewed as a reaction to socialist and totalitarian states • Built on surrealist ideas about unconscious and expressionist ideas about the universally communicative ability of color, line, and shape
Dadaism • Reaction to rapidly changing political climate in Europe • The name was chosen because of the ridiculous sound, to highlight ridiculousness • A movement in poetry, theater, and art and still used today. • Many of the dada challenges to art and art making influence the way artists challenge art today.
Marcel Duchamp Readymades Challenge to definitions of art and artmaking process
Surrealism • Influenced by psychoanalysis and ideas about the unconscious. • Built on Dadaist techniques to evoke the unconscious. • Reemerging interest in craftsmanship. • Built on questions about art and extended to questions about reality.